83. HYPTIS Jacquin, Collectanea 1: 101. 1787, Nom. Cons. 山香属 Shan Xiang Shu Herbs, Subshrubs, Or Shrubs, Erect
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Flora of China 17: 267–268. 1994. 83. HYPTIS Jacquin, Collectanea 1: 101. 1787, nom. cons. 山香属 shan xiang shu Herbs, subshrubs, or shrubs, erect. Leaves dentate. Bracts subulate to spinescent. Flowers in capitula, compact spikes, or loose panicles. Calyx tubular-campanulate to tubular, erect to oblique, 10-veined, throat tufted villous or glabrous; teeth 5, subequal, straight; fruiting calyx dilated. Corolla 2-lipped; tube cylindric to swollen on 1 side, nearly cylindric to narrowly funnelform; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes erect, spreading, or reflexed; lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe saccate, reflexed in flower, base constricted, sometimes with projected teeth; lateral lobes similar, conspicuous, close together to lobes of upper lip or to middle lobe. Stamens 4, anterior 2 longer, declined; filaments free, edentate; anther cells 2, apically confluent. Style apex 2-cleft or subentire. Disc entire or slightly swollen in front. Nutlets ovoid to oblong, smooth or dotted, scabrid, membranous winged in a few species. Some 350–400 species: tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, four naturalized species in China. 1a. Cymes (1– or) 2–5-flowered, inserted in axils of gradually reduced leaves, in racemes or panicles .................... 1. H. suaveolens 1b. Verticillasters many flowered, in capitula or spikes. 2a. Flowers in spikes ± interrupted at base ............................................................................................................................................ 4. H. spicigera 2b. Flowers in globose or subglobose axillary capitula. 3a. Capitula ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; peduncles 5–10 cm ............................................................................................................ 2. H. rhomboidea 3b. Capitula ca. 1 cm in diam.; peduncles 0.5–1.6 cm .................................................................................................................. 3. H. brevipes 1. Hyptis suaveolens (Linnaeus) Poiteau, Ann. Mus. Natl. cream-white, ca. 6 mm, puberulent; tube ca. 1 mm wide at Hist. Nat. 7: 472. 1806. base, throat slightly wider; upper lip 1–1.2 mm, lobes ovate, reflexed; lower lip ca. 2.5×as long as upper, middle lobe 山香 shan xiang concave, clawed at base; lateral lobes smaller, triangular. Ballota suaveolens Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1100. Nutlets chestnut brown, oblong, adaxially ribbed, ca. 1.2×0.6 1759; Bysteropogon graveolens (Linnaeus) Blume; mm, with 2 basal white scars. Mesosphaerum suaveolens (Linnaeus) Kuntze; Schauera Open waste areas. Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan [native in graveolens (Linnaeus) Hasskarl. tropical America, widespread tropical weed]. Herbs annual, aromatic, robust, branched, erect. Stems 3. Hyptis brevipes Poiteau, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 7: 465. 0.6–1.6 m, spreading hispid. Petiole slender, 0.5–6 cm; leaf 1806. blade ovate to broadly ovate, 1.4–11×1.2–9 cm, adaxially olive green, abaxially pilose, base rounded to shallow cordate, 短柄吊球草 duan bing diao qiu cao oblique, margin serrulate, apex subacute to obtuse. Cymes (1- Mesosphaerum brevipes (Poiteau) Kuntze. or) 2–5-flowered, in racemes or panicles. Calyx ca. 5×3 mm, dilated to 12×6.5 mm in fruit, villous, yellowish glandular, Herbs erect, annual. Stems 50–100 cm, angles appressed throat tufted villous, veins very elevated; teeth broadly pilose. Petiole ca. 5 mm; leaf blade ovate-oblong to lanceolate, triangular, long subulate, 1.5–2 mm. Corolla blue, 6–8 mm, 5–7×1.5–2 cm, adaxially olive green, abaxially greenish, puberulent except near base; tube ca. 2 mm wide at throat; pilose, base narrowly cuneate, margin serrate, apex acuminate. upper lip lobes reflexed; middle lobe of lower lip shorter, Capitula axillary, ca. 1 cm in diam.; peduncle 0.5–1.6 cm, lateral lobes similar to upper lip. Nutlets dark brown, 2, densely appressed pilose; bracts lanceolate to subulate, 4–6 flattened, ca. 4×3 mm, dotted, with 2 basal white scars. Fl. mm, margin entire. Calyx subcampanulate, 2.5–3×ca. 1.5 mm, and fr. year round. minutely hispid; teeth as long as tube, apex subulate; fruiting calyx dilated. Corolla white, ca. 3.5 mm, puberulent, throat to Weeds in open waste areas. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, 1 mm wide; upper lip ca. 0.5 mm, lobes circular, reflexed; Taiwan [native in tropical America, widespread tropical weed]. middle lobe of lower lip larger, concave, circular, ca. 1 mm, Used medicinally. constricted at base, recurved; lateral lobes triangular, reflexed. Stamens slightly exserted. Nutlets dark brown, ovoid, ca. 2. Hyptis rhomboidea Martius & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. 1×less than 0.5 mm, adaxially ribbed, with 2 basal white scars. Sci. Bruxelles 11(2): 188. 1844. Open waste areas at low elevations. Hainan, Taiwan 吊球草 diao qiu cao [North America, widespread tropical weed]. 4. Hyptis spicigera Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 185. 1789. Hyptis decurrens (Blanco) Epling; Pycnanthemum decurrens Blanco. 穗序山香 sui xu shan xiang Herbs annual, robust, erect. Stems 0.5–1.5 m, finely Pycnanthemum elongatum Blanco. striate, scabrid, angles pubescent. Petiole 1–3.5 cm; leaf blade lanceolate, 8–18×1.5–4 cm, adaxially sparsely minute hispid, Herbs erect, annual. Stems 1–1.5 m, angles scabrid. abaxially densely glandular, pilose on veins, base attenuate, Petiole 0.3–2.2 cm, scabrid; leaf blade lanceolate to ovate- margin obtuse serrate, apex attenuate. Flowers numerous, in lanceolate, 2.5–7.5×1–2.5 cm, adaxially olive green, axillary globose capitula ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; peduncle 1–10 tuberculate hairy, abaxially glandular, minutely hispid on cm; bracts numerous, appressed, lanceolate to linear, longer veins, base cuneate, margin serrulate, apex acute to acuminate. than capitulum, entire, densely pilose. Calyx green, ca. 4×2 Spikes continuous, cylindric, terminal or axillary, 1.6–6.5×1– mm, minutely hispid, base villous; teeth subulate, ca. 2.2 mm; 1.3 cm; verticillasters many flowered; bracts subulate, as long fruiting calyx tubular-dilated, to 10×ca. 3.2 mm. Corolla as calyx; fruiting calyx tubular dilated, ca. 7×3 mm, minutely hispid, transparently glandular; veins 10, prominent, arcuate transverse; teeth subulate, ca. 2 mm. Nutlets brown, oblong, ca. 1×0.6 mm, adaxially ribbed. Taiwan [Indonesia, Philippines; South America]. .